Sec. 4. (a) If:
(1) a district will include territory in more than one (1) county;
(2) a county executive has filed a petition for a district including territory owned, leased, or controlled by the department of natural resources; or
(3) the department of natural resources has filed a petition;
the order establishing the district may provide that the governor appoints any number of trustees, but less than one-half (1/2) of the total.
(b) If a district contains or a proposed district will contain a state correctional facility, the department, when:
(1) issuing an order establishing the district under IC 13-26-2-10; or
(2) approving or modifying a petition filed by the district's board of trustees under IC 13-26-1-2;
may allow for the appointment of one (1) member of the board of trustees of the district by the commissioner of the department of correction.